{"id":23490,"date":"2026-03-12T06:40:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=23490"},"modified":"2026-03-12T06:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T06:40:16","slug":"taz-skylar-mackenyu-on-zoro-and-sanji-love-in-one-piece-season-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=23490","title":{"rendered":"Taz Skylar &amp; Mackenyu on Zoro and Sanji &#8216;Love&#8217; in One Piece Season 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n            There\u2019s a ton of camaraderie and kinship between the crew of the Straw Hat Pirates. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"info-target-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/netflix-one-piece-portrayal-of-dreaming-as-imperfect-mechanism-for-growth-gives-resonance-to-common-theme\/\"><em>One Piece<\/em> is all about the powerful bonds between Found Family, after all<\/a>. But\u2026 That doesn\u2019t mean everyone has to get along all of the time. Two pirates who don\u2019t often see eye to eye are Mosshead (Zoro) and Stupid Cook\/Waiter (Sanji). Zoro and Sanji\u2019s <em>One Piece<\/em> relationship across manga, anime, and live-action involves constant bickering and many huffing pronouncements that the other is just an annoying waste of space. Naturally, they\u2019re <em>One Piece<\/em> fans\u2019 favorite ship. Not being one to turn down a good ship myself, I happily fly the ZoSan flag. And, so, of course, when the opportunity came to <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"info-target-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/one-piece-season-2-cast-interview-evolution-of-straw-hat-pirates\/\">chat with live-action <em>One Piece<\/em>\u2018s Taz Skylar, who plays Sanji, and Mackenyu, who plays Zoro<\/a>, about season two, I had to ask after the relationship between Zoro and Sanji. Here\u2019s what the pair had to say.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>True to Zoro form, Mackenyu brings his succinct response to the action of the season. He shares, \u201cWe actually take on something we\u2019ve never taken on before, a gigantic dinosaur. We kill it together. And that was pretty exciting.\u201d It is a true mark of kinship to bring down a giant dinosaur, and even nicer of Mackenyu to say that Zoro and Sanji killed the beast together in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"info-target-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/one-piece-season-2-into-the-grand-line-review\/\"><em>One Piece<\/em> season two<\/a>\u2026 Since both Zoro and Sanji would protest that it was a team effort and that the other provided anything to the operation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-create-block-nerdist-embed-article ignore\">\n<div class=\"nerdist-embed-article-container ignore\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"info-target-blank ignore\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/one-piece-anime-episodes-watch-for-netflix-live-action-season-2\/\">Watch These ONE PIECE Anime Episodes to Get Ready for Season 2<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Taz Skylar <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box;margin: 0px;padding: 0px\">offers a broader perspective on Zoro and Sanji\u2019s relationship in\u00a0<em>One Piece<\/em>\u00a0season two, throwing in that word we love to hear:<\/span> love. He offers, \u201cI think there\u2019s a lot of symbolism in the way that they constantly bicker, but at the same time have the utmost absolute respect for each other.\u201d He laughs, insisting, \u201cAnd they do. And they also secretly do have love for each other. And I think you see that in the show.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"758\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/One-Piece-season-2-zoro-and-Sanji.webp.webp\" class=\"wp-image-1066159\" alt=\"One Piece season 2 zoro and Sanji\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The spirit of Zoro and Sanji is in the room with us, because Mackenyu makes a face and shakes his head dubiously at the words, but he\u2019s grinning and laughing. Taz Skylar chuckles too, noting, \u201cMaybe you have to look real hard to see the love bit.\u201d Nami actress Emily Rudd chimes in on the conversation, proclaiming: \u201cIf you squint! If you squint, you can see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"ignore\">But Skylar insists, \u201cI see it when I watch it.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"920\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mackenyu-and-Taz-Skylar-talk-Zoro-and-Sanjis-relationship-in-One-Piece-Season-2-SoZan.webp.webp\" class=\"wp-image-1066165\" alt=\"Mackenyu and Taz Skylar talk Zoro and Sanji's relationship in One Piece Season 2, SoZan\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Netflix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"ignore\">I do, too, I assure him. And so do many others, through dinosaur-killing, insult-slinging, and everything else. Is there not a thin line between annoyance and affection? That\u2019s the stuff of fandom dreams.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"info-target-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80217863\"><em>One Piece <\/em>season two (and all the fun of Zoro and Sanji\u2019s rivalry and snark) is now streaming in full on Netflix<\/a>. ZoSan shippers, enjoy your meal, freshly cooked by Sanji. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"info-target-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/one-piece-season-2-cast-interview-evolution-of-straw-hat-pirates\/\">You can also read our full interview with all of the Straw Hat Pirares here<\/a>. Furthermore, you can enjoy <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"info-target-blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/one-piece-season-2-into-the-grand-line-review\/\">our full <em>One Piece <\/em>season two<\/a> review here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ignore\"><em>Rotem Rusak is the Editor-in-Chief of Nerdist. She\u2019s never met a ship she doesn\u2019t like, and, honestly, what is there not to like about ZoSan? <\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nerdist.com\/article\/one-piece-season-2-mackenyu-taz-skylar-interview-sanji-zoro-relationship-zosan\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s a ton of camaraderie and kinship between the crew of the Straw Hat Pirates. One Piece is all about the powerful bonds between Found Family, after all. But\u2026 That doesn\u2019t mean everyone has to get along all of the time. Two pirates who don\u2019t often see eye to eye are Mosshead (Zoro) and Stupid &#8230; <a title=\"Taz Skylar &amp; Mackenyu on Zoro and Sanji &#8216;Love&#8217; in One Piece Season 2\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/?p=23490\" aria-label=\"Read more about Taz Skylar &amp; Mackenyu on Zoro and Sanji &#8216;Love&#8217; in One Piece Season 2\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mackenyu-and-Taz-Skylar-talk-Zoro-and-Sanjis-relationship-in-One-Piece-Season-2-SoZan.webp.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23490"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23492,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23490\/revisions\/23492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jubi24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}